[thejeff]

I like the idea of effects limited to non-commanders. Probably better for balance if it was just an area effect, that didn't work on commanders, than having it work on units under one commanders command.

Re: Gate Stone
What was annoying was that it was broken and for quite awhile no one knew why. In one game you'd forge it and it would work, in another it wouldn't. It's not that people refused to adapt, but that no one could figure out how, other than just not relying on it. If it had been an announced change, there would have been some grumbling, but then people could adjust. Once it was realized that the bug was tied to researching the spell, it was quickly fixed. No need to adjust.